Improvement in wrought-iron posts



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

LEoN soULEEIN, 0E MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN WROUGHT-IRON POSTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,851, dated October19, 1875 application filed March 23, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON SOULERIN, a citizen of France, and a residentof Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin,have. invented certain Improvements in Posts or Struts, of which thefollowing is a specification:

My invention has for its object the making of a post or strut ofmetal,for various purposes. This post is made of metal plates andangleirons, or channel-irons, with a bar of metal secured in the cornersof the post by rivets passing through the angle-irons, and through thebars of iron in the corners, thus making a post hollow in the center,strong, and firm.

Figure l is an end view of my invention, and Fig. 2 an upright side viewof the same.

A A are channel-irons. B B B are plates of sheet metal. 0 O G O O areangle-irons. D D are rivets holding the channel-irons and square rivetedtogether with rivets D, substantially as set forth.

2. A metal post consisting of channel-irons A and metal bars E, substantiallyas described.

LEON SOULERIN.

Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, JAMES M. REDDY.

